New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-05
| THE BURGESS TESTIMONIAL
SUB. CRIpTIoNs COMING IN WELL.

BOsTONs PRIDE STARTS FOR HOME COVERED WITH
BUNTING-TALK ABOUT YACHTING.
Tho national purse to Designer Edward Burgess
IL booming" Last night ~ 900 had been subscribed
In the Ncw-York Yacht Club alone the latest 500
subscription being that OF J. Pcrpont Morgan. owner
of the Corsair. All sorts and conditions of men and
women interested in yachting are free to subscribe.
The lists open and J. W. Hayward, Of NO.
GO Wallst, Is acting "a secretary anu
F. W. J. Hurst, OF No. % State-st a. treasurer Vi
tho fund Tho committee appointed 70 confer WIN
George L. Schuyler about thu amendment OF MS decu
Of gift OF tho Americas cup have not met YET All
the club gossip last night confirmed InE Tribune
sumiso OF yesterday that greater defnitene7s u all
that Is aimed at and that tho MISUNDERSTANDING III
regard to tho Thstlcs wateT-iinc length Is "hae
primarily caused tho club and Mr. schuyler to con-ieI
thu advisablity OF adding more details
Tho around Long Island between the sloop
Fanta and the cutter Uidia OF on Friday
The starting line will be a. Sands Point and the hnish
Will DO OH the hghship. Tho Fani;a l. about two
feet and six inches longer than the India, and tho
latter will receive a time allowance but that VIII not
count for much in a Of that sort. Commodore
PadeIford the owner OF the Ulllla, told a reporter
last night that the competition had been arranged rs
a test between tho different Styles of boats Inc
Fanta Is an old fashioned sioop and very swift As
a supplement 10 tho international race the result Is
looked forward to with interest.
DAY after all. He has decided to POSTPONE his do
par ure TIL next week
| THE voLUNr Err STARTS FOR BOSTON
Bedccked with flags and steamers from stem 10
stern the Volunteer yesterday morning lowed
from her anchorage at Bay Ridge through the East
River and Hell Gate Into the Sound, bound for Marble
head there to be kept view fur few days and then
to hibernate until spring. Her departure oceasioned
great deal of excitement and commotion round "oon'
BAY Ridge and among large fleet Of yachts at achoi
there When a saucy stcam-tug having lassoeu inc
Volunteer by tho head, began to snort aud ch"rh Wy
| the waters, the dmInuive cannon on the yac"'s
doomed forth a salute, and the big cannon In rohi o.
tho Atlantic Yacht Club house Numbered it, iaIe"e'
to the gallant cup defender All the stcamtngs III Inc
ucichborhOod shrieled again and again and the no'7'
was born across the bay TO the seotsmon on ooA
tbo Thistle who understood what IL meant and wouio
have fred a gun. too, If they hal had one io my
bear no Ii:-wlll any ono because OF their ueioa'
sAIUTED BY EVERY BOAT sHr PASSED
A. she slid up the Bay and through tho Ea'' id'o'
tho Volunteer received nautical piandi's iroi" 800
craft that she passed. the din sounding hho iain
echo OF that tremendous earsplitting grecuhs WIN
cha reccvel when she crossed tho finish line "eeH
beforo II was a great day yesterday for Captain LA
and his staiwart sailors and II they al" "o' 'P
when Boston gets through with them u VIII not "
! Uo.ton's fault Tue halo OF glory tna' sur
John l. Sullivan viii pale when they invade The ''''
sic precincts of the liuD' ,.n
an hoa,, the Thistle they were drying sails ycs'er
lbs, con,a,r parr has "braccd up, having come tt
a., o,.,Ic conclusion that he was beaten by Dets ~
boat and through no fault of his own lie shaio- o"
,ai.rf patzey- respect the ccutr" DoAi'l p,,du
man - 4, helm. boat Ia claw UP Ia wnd"aIu
ord dnubf. whr ici without IL any boat can go ~, ~
windward Ike the Volunteer ana cq'la nrr n ,dca 81
~ ,eacbing They have been discussing ipr Iuca ~
filling a cutter with a centre boafi' when GU ,, =,
in these waters I'm the cup races ana Nv, nr -.
Ercand here such device Is not lcc"s imam
/ Yacht Eacng A--ociPtiCh l'u WIN WI -. ,.r.s
con, r., bnar,l cutter they don't want any MOI.
@ - ,,.I1c course and In view Of the 'ihio'Sip'.
Nv of keeping steamboats, AT - harmless W 49, ~
c1n race over that course, there are W.. G >, aban
Nh VPl vacltsuen who would not regret 10 sec "
| doned,